AU2007202215B2 - Correction of higher order aberrations in intraocular lenses - Google Patents

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AU2007202215B2
AU2007202215B2 AU2007202215A AU2007202215A AU2007202215B2 AU 2007202215 B2 AU2007202215 B2 AU 2007202215B2 AU 2007202215 A AU2007202215 A AU 2007202215A AU 2007202215 A AU2007202215 A AU 2007202215A AU 2007202215 B2 AU2007202215 B2 AU 2007202215B2
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    • A61F2/00—Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents
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    • A61F2/14—Eye parts, e.g. lenses, corneal implants; Implanting instruments specially adapted therefor; Artificial eyes
    • A61F2/16—Intraocular lenses
    • A61F2/1613—Intraocular lenses having special lens configurations, e.g. multipart lenses; having particular optical properties, e.g. pseudo-accommodative lenses, lenses having aberration corrections, diffractive lenses, lenses for variably absorbing electromagnetic radiation, lenses having variable focus
    • A61F2/1637—Correcting aberrations caused by inhomogeneities; correcting intrinsic aberrations, e.g. of the cornea, of the surface of the natural lens, aspheric, cylindrical, toric lenses
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